- Pushkar Lake
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lake_name = Pushkar Lake
image_lake = Pushkar Lake.jpg
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location =Rajasthan
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type =artificial lake
inflow =Luni River
outflow =Luni River
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basin_countries = India
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cities =Pushkar Lake is located in the town of
Pushkar inAjmer District of theRajasthan state of westernIndia . The beautiful Pushkar Lake is a sanctified spot, and considered as old as the creation, and has been a place of pilgrimage for the Hindus since time immemorial. It is surrounded by 52 bathing ghats, where devotees throng in large numbers to take a dip during the month ofKartik (Oct./Nov.).According to Padam Puran, the Hindu religious text, Lord Brahma was in search of suitable place for a Vedic yagna. While contemplating, a lotus fell down from his hand on the earth and water spurted from three places one of them was Pushkar and Brahma decided to perform his yagna over here. It is believed that this is also the site where the Sage
Vishwamitra meditated for thousands of years.Pushkar has with stood the test of time, and has been a mute witness to the procession of history from the time of Rama, the hero of the earliest Hindu Epic Ramayana, to Fa-Hien's accounts of Pushkar in 4th century AD., and to the time of Muslim invasion.
See also
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Pushkar Camel Fair External links
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